Shaft Theme Song

According to the theme from shaft songfacts this won a grammy for best instrumental arrangement and an oscar for best original score.

Shaft theme song. Although the original shaft is a favorite cult film most critics agree that aside from its historical significance it doesn t hold up as well as its soundtrack. Watch the video for shaft theme song by isaac hayes for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. Playback options listening on switch spotify device. Playing via spotify playing via youtube.

Shaft ya damn right who is the man that would risk his neck. But regardless of the quality of the film it s no mean feat when a composer s opening theme song captures the essence of a film s main character better than the movie itself. Theme from shaft with its immediately recognizable melody and percussive female background vocals became not just a career defining song for isaac hayes but representative of blaxploitation. The oscar win made hayes the first african american to win an academy award in a composer category.

Who s the black private dick that s a sex machine to all the chicks. Issac hayes theme from shaft 1971. This is the theme song to the 1971 movie shaft starring richard roundtree as a harlem detective hired by a mob boss to find his kidnapped daughter written produced and arranged by hayes the song establishes shaft as one bad mother who thrives on danger and doesn t give up. Theme from shaft went to number two on the billboard soul singles chart behind inner.

Lyrics to theme from shaft by isaac hayes. The theme was released as a single shortened and edited from the longer album version two months after the movie s soundtrack by stax records enterprise label.